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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1953-08-19

1953-08-19-001

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Much Is An Education?
Our ancestors had a great respect for learning. They
thought everyone should be able to read, write and figure.
'Spat's why they decided everyone should have a 'free education'. But( they made one mistake. Nobody stopped long
:e*hough to decide how much book learning is an education.
•'•'• They can measure most everything else. They measure
lumber'in'board' feet, hjay by the ton, time by the minutes,
Wife pounds and. milk comes in bottles.
.'" ' , But nobody knows-the answier to . . . 'How Much Is An
l-ducation'?
',',;'• < After our ancestors decided on a -free education', they
builtithe little red schoolhoiises of song and story. The kids
•walked to schebl. This 'made them healthy so they didn't
need any physical training. It also eliminated the need for
buses which weren't invented yet, anyway. The kids
'learned.to add and subtract, how to spell 'cat' and enough to
read the Bible.
"... But someone thought maybe that isn't enough education ... so they built the school houses bigger and they made
the kids go to school longer. They learned Latin and Greek
and added 'The Ancient Mariner' to the curriculum. But
still a few thought maybe that wasn't enough.
So they guilt great BIG SCHOOL-HOUSES ... and
then they really taught them. They taught 'em so much
they knew more than the teachers. So then they had to
build schools to.teach the teachers more to teach. And,
naturally, -the teacher's schools were Jfree, too, because
people had just got out of the habit of expecting to pay for
such things.
: But some people still weren't sure if we were handing
out enough- education- to. make it la real genuine 'free education'. There were a few kids that hadn't learned anything, (and didn't have a job) so it seemed natural to keep
them gding to school. That got us into the college business
(complete with football and similar educational functions)
ahd'fromthere we went on to graduate schools and nobody
knows* where we'll go next.
Mind^you, fm not blaming our ancestors. They didn'.
knpw what they were getting into. They must have wanted
their kids, to know enough to figure interest on the mortgage, read the newspaper and write Uncle John to come up
for ThaTrksgivlng1. But they sure started'on a trip without
knowing where the end was. If they had known they were
getting into a contract to send every baby through Oxford,
maybe they would rather he stayed ignorant.
If we're as smart as all our education ought to make
us, m4ybe we'd better pas's another law. about 'free education' before it's too late. We ought to pass a law that
says . . . when a man gets to be 35, he either goes to work
or has,;to start buying his own books.
Something Wrong?
History, should .be one of the most absorbing of all
studies, but strangely enough, far too many students in our
high schools and colleges find it duller than dull. There
have been theories aplenty advanced for this unfortunate
situation . . . emphasis upon names, places and datJes; failure to humanize the rich materials available; sheer mental
fatiguevinduced by.the volume of d_yta..
If it is any comfort for Americans, word now comes
out of England that the lads and lassies across the pond
aren't much better at their history studies than our boys
and girls. Tests administered to young people of upper
school through college age levels showed that twenty-five
per cent of the group did not know that Chaimberlain was
the famous umbreHa Prime Minister of England at the time
of the Munich conference which led to;World W[ar-II.-Some
of them thought that the right answer was Churchill, who
was not in the Government at that time. Others named
dead statesmen. .Even 'more disturbing, some of the English
young people did'ttbt know that Good Friday is the anniversary of Christ's death or that Christmas is His birthday.
Small comfort though this may be to American teachers trying to pound the facts of our history into resisting
heads, ijt. should se-rve as a spur to educators on both sides
of the Atlantic to think up ways and means of dramatizing
history. Maybe TV will do it. Books and detention periods
can't. ■''"':.
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VOL. 28 NO 46
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1953
7 Cents Per Copy
Greentown Garden Club Announces
Rules and Plans for Flower Show
Not So Simple
Why do people patronize one store . . . and pass right
by the'doors of another store?
The head of ai_ association which represents a large
chain of stores gave a general answer to that question in
these words: "People like to do business with people they
like." ■'.' i , i ; :-%-|jjm! _,
It is almost as simple as that . . . but the prjocesses by.
which you get people to like you may not be so simple.
Public opinion is-the -combination of m[ariy likes and dislikes, raaiiy attitudes, many act§. Public opinion determines
where people spend "their money day after day; public opinion influences what stores will be profitable, and what stores
will fail. -*.'-• - . " V -
Different pebple, obviously, want. and. seek different
kinds of goods, different kinds of services; different attractions of many sorts. / '
Back of all the promotional and public relations activities of the,merchant, from advertising to imp^Ved' employee
training, is,the desire to attract as mahyupeople--into his*1
store as possible . . .in .other words, to make people like him
"The Beauties of Ohio" will be the theme of the sixbh
annual flower show of the Greentown Garden Club, which
will be held in the school auditorium Saturday, August 29>
from 2 to 9 p.m. There will be no charge for admission. Mrs.
H. G. Bretz is president of the club.
Mrs. Howard Miller, chairman
of the flower show committee,
and her co - chairmen, Mrs.
Lyman Brett, Mrs. 'Robert Eav-
er, Mrs. A. L. Button and Mrs.
Ray Shroyer, have released the
following rules and schedules
which will govern entries.
'All members of the club are
expected to exhibit and entries
Blood Donors
Needed For
August 26, 27, 28
must <be made from 9 to 11 a. I
m. the day of the show. Entries must be arranged by the
exhibitor and placed by a mem- •
■ber of the committee, and classification' information must tie
given on a card attached to
each entry.
Exhibitors may not enter more
than one entry in each class,!
.but may enter as many classes
as desired. Material for arrangements must be locally grown and
may be obtained from any
source except commercial growers. Specimens in the cultural
class must be grown by the ex-1
hibitor, and houseplants must
have been in the exhibitor's possession at least three months.
Entries will be judged against
perfection, not against each other, and during judging only
show officials and photographers
will be permitted on the floor.
Exhibits are not to be removed
before 9 p.m., and the club cannot be responsible for damage
or loss. Names should be printed
on adhesive and attached to the,
bottom of containers.
A number of guest garden
clubs have been invited to exhibit.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Sanford will
plan the staging, and Mrs. J. J.
Thomas will take care of publicity. Mrs. Harry Marlowe is in
charge of historical data.
The schedule is divided into
thirteen sections and section -
classes ■ as • follows:
Section A—"Old Ohio" —-will
include five classes: Arrangement in antique container; arrangement using driftwood;
grandma's 'bouquet; arrangement using milk glass, and arrangement showing color harmony in copper or brass.
Section B—"New Ohio"—comprises'seven classes: Arrangement for kitchen shower; arrangement for the new baby;
arrangement representing Ohio
industry; modern arrangement;
arrangement in unusual container; shadow box arrangement
(own box).* and miscellaneous.
Section C—"Colorful Ohio"—
will include six. classes, all arrangements: Green as grass;
blue as the sky; royal purple,
snow white; red as fire, and
yellow as gold.
Section D—"My Ohio Home"
—will feature seven classes:
Miniature arrangement — not
over three inches; arrangement
in pair of containers; arrangement for coffee"table; arrangement using candles; arrangement in a toy; mantle arrangement, and hal" arrangement.
Section E-t"Men Of Ohio"—
will consist of two classes: Arrangements by men, and arrangements for men.
Section F — "Bountiful Ohio"
—will be made up of five classes of arrangements: Roadside
material; in a basket; vegetables; fruit (last two may be com-
bined; and arrangement of five
petunias with blooms.
Section G — "Holiday Time in
Ohio" (arrangements)
Even though the shooting war
is stopped in Korea, blood is still
urgently needed for defense! In
fact, 1,300,000 pints will be'
needed for defense, out of the
3,100,000 pints the American Red
Cross is responsible for collecting during the coming year for
the National Blood Program,
It is only through the generosity of the American people who
donate their blood, that the lives
of many of the wounded servicemen still overseas and those confined in American hospitals may
be saved.
I It is only through the generosity of the American people who
donate their Mood, that a supply
of Gamma Globulin., a blood
derivative which is a temporary
preventive in fighting the crippling effects of 'Poliomyelitis,
can be made available for distribution through the Office of
Defense Mobilization to State
Health Departments.
The Canton Chapter, American
Red Cross is a participating
j chapter for defense only, in the
■ Cleveland Regional Blood Center
Program. The Cleveland Center
is one of 45 Red Cross Regional
Centers in the National Blood
Program.
•There is no substitute for
Mood, it can come only as a donation from patriotic citizens.
Persons 21 through 59 (18 to 21
With parents consent) in good
health may give blood every two
months up to five times a year.
• The Red Cross Bloodmobile
Unit will be in Canton August 26,
27 and 28, 10:00 a.m. to 3:45p.m.
at the Naval Reserve Training
Center, Park Drive at Hth St
S.W. Scheduling for this visit
began at' Red Cross Headquarters on Monday August 17th. Call
Red Cross weekdays 8:30 a.m.
to.4:30 p m., Saturday until noon,
and make an appointment to
give a pint of blood. The number is 3-0146 or 6-8139.
Americans all over the United
States are rolling up their
,sleeves. Join them. Let us not
fail our sick and wounded now
being returned, those injured
during the shooting war an d
those who have been prisoners
of war who need everything we
can provide.
Accident Hurts Woman
Sunday North of Town
Mrs. Gertrude Aultman, 57, of
940 - 32nd Street NW, Canton,
was injured Sunday evening at
11:30 p.m. in a four-car accident. She was taken to Mercy
Hospital where she was treated
for a broken arm and leg
bruises, deputies reported.
Deputies said she was a passenger in a car driven by her
husband. The car was hit from
the rear by a machine driven
by Joseph Diamond - also from
irom Canton, forcing it into
another car ahead which in turn
will in-1 nit another automobile,
elude Spring holidays; summer) witnesses said traffic had
holidays; fall holidays; winter Si0-Wed down because a fifth
holidays, and corsages. _ , machine, not involved in the ac-
Section H — "Ohio's Green
Thumbs" — win be made up
of two classes. Class 1 tor Specimens will be divided into two
groups: Flowers (aster, zinnia,
marigold, gladiolus and miscellaneous) and Vegetables (one
large .or three small).
Class 2 will include house
plants, with two groups, flowering and foliage.
Section I — will be devoted to
"Junior Ohio."
Section. J — "Ohio's Home-
makers" — will be invitational
and will be made up of fable
settings for various occasions,
including children's party; patriotic buffet supper; after the
game (golf or football); formal
dinner; breakfast in bed, andi
.golden anniversary table
'Section K — "Ohio's Good
Neighbors" -^ will be invitational for guest garden clubs.
Section L-"-will be "Ohio Conservation," and'will be displayed
by the committee, and Section
M will be ,;My Ohio Community."
' cident, had stopped near the
North Canlton Drive - In Theatre.
I While deputies were , helping
j the highway, patrol direct'traffic,
■■ a car passed at what was des-
i crlbed as a "terrifically high"
, rate of speed. Deputies said they
[gave chase at ' speeds up to
85 miles, and caught up with
John Poulos, 35, of 1220 Market
Ave. N.: in North Canton where
they arrested him on a charge
of reckless operation of a motor
vehicle.
Three Mh Canton
Men Pass State Bar
Examinations
Robert C.~Pfendler 'Receives
Masters Degree At Ohio U.
Robert Charles Pfendler of
North Canton was one of four
area students who were awarded
degrees at the Ohio University
summer - jerm* commencement
held recently Ih 'Alumni Memor
Andthat will always be" true as1'long as we have a free ^^ffi"^J__^„
aiarket^and open competition.
JVfr. Pfendler was awarded a
""master" of "arts """degree.
Among the 433 names released
by the Ohio Supreme Court as
persons having been sucessful in
the recent Ohio bar- examination, were included those of three
North Canton Men.
Chief Justice Carl Weygandt
said the new attorneys were to
be admitted to the bar in formal ceremonies at Columbus on
Monday, August 17; at Cincinnati on Tuesday. August 18 and
at Cleveland on August 19.
The announcement stated
there were 124 of the 557 applicants who failed to recieve passing grades.
Those-from North Canton 'Included: George Schick of 461
West Street; Thurman Studer of
407 Cole (Ave.._and. John Hoffman
'of705 Pierce*'Dr. North Can'ton.
Proposed Local Observation Post and
Reasons Why One Is Needed Here ?
We present here a picture of the proposed Observation
Post for the North Canton Ground Observer Corps, and a
letter from Mrs. Brandt Zeigler Jr., acting post supervisor
on what has been learned about the need for observation
posts throughout the country and the very great need for
one in this locality.
To the Editor of the North
Canton Sun:,
Along the coastal areas of the
United States people have been
alerted for years to the danger
iof an air attack but in this section of the country many are
under the impression that we
.have nothing to tear and so very
few are willing to volunteer their
time or services to any phase
of civil defense.
Perhaps if they knew that the
War Department has a list of
the probable air targets in the
JJnited States and that this
manufacturing area is sixth on
that list, it might help to convince them. Or if they knew that
'it has been established that the
^Russians would have no other
•ineed for the huge air ba s e s
"they have built near the North
Pole, than to launch aircraft for
an attack on the United States,
and that our Air Force has
proved that it can be done, then
they might join the Ground Observer Corps and ensure that
no one could sneak up on us
while we are asleep. It seems incredible, in this age of the Jet,
that anyone could still believe
^that nothing can..happen herei
The Korean Truce has not
brought world peace nor particular victory to anyone, but, to
quote a July 27th editorial from
the Canton Repository, "There is
one gain as far as the United
States is concerned.
No one believes after this
war that peace will ensue automatically. There is to be no dis- j
armament — no falling back on J
the fairy tale supposition that
at long last Americans will be
undisturbed in their tireless pursuit of happiness.
The world does not work that
way. It never did, although
many of us used to think it did.
The war-makers, in all probability, will break out again in
the near future, and when they
do they must be resisted with
all the energy and resources
necessary to make them aware
that aggression no longer pays,
if it ever did."
The object of this letter will
be threefold; to .nform the public about how the Ground Observer Corps operates, to stress
the great need for an Observation Post in the North Canton
area, and to ask the cooperation
of every interested individual
and organization in establishing
this post.
The Ground Observer Corps,
under the Air "Defense command,
is in operation up the 'East Coast,
across the northern states and
down the West Coast, forming a
wide "U" shaped network to
northerly- air attack. The work
they «have been doing is probably better known under 'the
name of "Operation Skywatch".
The people who make up the
Ground Observer Corps are civilian volunteers who have been
trained by air force personnel.
They spot and report aircraft to
the "Radar 'Base nearest them so
that no enemy planes, can make
a sneak attack on the United
States. The work they do is divided into two parts. One group
is trained to spot aircraft. They
are called Observers. The other
group is trained to take and to
plot the Observers' Teports at the
Filter Center.
Many people have probably
heard of the Canton Filter Center but do not realize just
exactly what it is. One woman,
from .Canton, thought it had
something to do with sewage
disposal!
There are fifty filter centers
in the United States—two are
in -Ohio, at Columbus aWd in
Canton. A filter center is part
of the protective plan c a lied
"Operation Skywatch". "Operation Skywatch" is just what its'
name implies; a 24 hour, year-
around watch, of the skies over
vulnerable parts of our country
so that any unauthorized or unidentified aircraft can be intercepted,-and shot down, if necessary. The filter center is 'the
place .where reports from many.
Ground Observers can lbe put to
gether in a pattern showing the
path of every aircraft Jn the
area. Observers from all of
Northeastern Ohio and part of
West Virginia telephone their
reports directly to the Canton
Filter Center over regular long
distance lines as qquickly as possible after spotting a plane. The
person at the filter center who
takes the call puts a marker on
a large map table to indicate a
plane over than observers' post.
As the plane passes over several
posts each report on it is plotted on the map table, and with
this "Track", as it is called, established, the filter center can
decide through its Radar con -
nection whether or not it is an
authorized flight.
"Many people seem to think
all of tlfls work has been done
by Radar, and wonder why
they should be needed for
Ground Observers. There are
several reasons; one being that
Radar cannot catch low - flyig
aircraft under 5,000 feet. The
Radar Beam travels out in a
straight line. It can't follow the
curve of the earth nor can it go
through mountains, so between
two Radar stations there is a triangle-shaped dead spot and in
these places we must depend on
human ears and eyes to detect
aircraft. Some people wonder
why we can't have Radar Stations closer together to eliminate
these dead spots and the answer to that is quite simple; A
Radar Base costs close to 5
million dollars to build plus an
enormous, sum to staff and maintain. The whole Ground Observer Co_ps system in the United
States costs only a little more
to operate than one Radar Base.
Our taxes would be greater than
our ability to pay if Radar bases
were used exclusively in this
defense effort.
In the 25,000 squqare mile area
covered by the Canton Filter
Center there should be 227 Observation Posts. This would give
our area a post every eight
miles, meaning that the Filter
Center would ha v e a report every two minutes on each
plane within the area.
In the month of July only 44
of these posts were operational
and of those 44, only 8 were on
24 hour watch!
It can readily be seen that,
unless more posts are put into
operation, there will be some
holes in the protective network
and until the holes are filled no
one can feel secure from air attack.
One of the posts, which are vitally needed is at North Canton.
Many reports on planes traveling in a southerly direction' from
the Akron Observation Post have,
to be ignored because there is
no post, suitably located, to give
second reports, or verifications,
on them! Unless a second call
is made on any plane'within 12
minutes it is taken off the map
table and cannot be. reported to
Radar. A North Canton Post
Would be able to verify most of
'these single reports from Akron
•and other posts, North, as well
as filling in an East and West
gap that exists.
Since May of this year, individuals, representing several
North Canton Organizations,
have tried to interest their fellow citizens in backing an Observation Post in their community. In many other communities
throughout Ohio (as well as in
other states) the people have
ibuilt posts through the aid of
■their City Council and Civil defense Authorities, tout in North
Canton this method of approach
ihas met with little more than
passive approval, if not a little
resistance.
Progress, to date, on construction of the post and recruiting
of personnel has 'been rather
good but it has reached a standstill uptii funds can be raised
to buy the requqired lumber, estimated a{ about $600. Arrange-,
ments for'mariy of the other
materia-ls-wiiieh will ,*e- requirl-
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$40,000 Fire
Destroys Garage
A fire, that caused an estim-
mated $40,000 loss destroyed the
Beggs Garage located at the
junction of the Middlebranch and
North Canton - Maximo Roads
on Sunday morning.
"~The blaze destroyed the garage and its contents including
a 1953 three - quarter ton pickup truck and a 1950 tractor, and
damaged the siding on the Beggs
■home located across the road
from the garage.
Raymond Beggs, the operator,
told deputies he entered the garage at about 8:10 a.m. and
started the tractor's motor. As
he climbed down from the cab,
he said, he heard a noise like a
light bulb breaking and saw
smoke pouring from beneath the
tractor. The fire strated rapidly.
Mr. Beggs ran across the road
and called the North Canton
Fire Department. Fourteen men,
and two trucks responded. The
Pleasant View Volunteer Fire
•Department led by Chief Arthur
•Rutledge, also answered the call
bringing with him two trucks
and 11 men.
The blaze was brought under
control after two and a half
hours. Mr, Beggs said the loss
was partially covered by insurance.
Y. W. C. A. Garden Clubs To Hold
First Flower Show Aug. 29-30
The first annual flower ishow of the Y. W. C. A. Garden
Clubs, comprising the Y. W. C. A. Afternoon Garden Club,
The Y. W. C. A. Evening Garden Club, and the Little Gardener's Garden Club, will be held at the Canton Y. W. C. A.,
231 6th St. N.W., Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29 and 30,
from 2 to 9 p.m.
Miss Dorothy Graber is flower
show chairman, assisted by Mrs.
Melvin Reel, co-chairman. Other
committees include Staging, Mrs
E. F. Newacheck and Mrs. Otis
Hang; Schedule, Mrs. Louis
Katonak and Mrs. R. Lobb;
Entry, Mrs. Fred Morgan and
Mrs. William Green; Judges,
Mrs. Joseph Markley and Mrs.
C. P. Scribner; Publicity, Mrs.
Vernon Latta and Mrs. William
Cushing; Conservation, Mrs. O.
Elsass and Mrs. V. L. Watson;
Horticulture, Mrs. Robert Gra -
ber and Mrs. Arthur Jarret;
Registration, Mrs. Henry Allen
and Mrs. Frank Master, and
Hospitality. Mrs. Robert Mc-
Cauley and Mrs. E. C. Moore.
Entries are open to all members of the Y.W.C.A. Garden
Clubs and must be made before
10 a.m. August 29. Exhibitors
may enter not more than one
entry in each class but may enter as many different classes as
desired.
'Exhibitors may not remove
their exhibits until the close of
the show but must remove them
by Monday, August 31. Judging
will be done according to National Council Handbook of
•Flower Show Judging.
Gold ribbons will be awarded
for the outstanding arrangement
and the outstanding horticultural
exhibit. Purple ribbons will go
to the exhibitors having the most
blue ribbons in the arrangement
class and in the horticultural
class. Blue ribbons will indicate
first honors; red ribbons, second honors; yellow ribbons,
third honors^ and white ribbon,
honorable mention.
The arrangement classes will
be divided into ten sections. Section eleven will be a conservation display by the conservation
committee, and Section twelve,
"Little Gardener's Ga r d e n
Club," will be devoted to the
juniors.
Section I, "A Day with
Friends," includes the first four
classes: 1. Gossip and coffee,
arrangement in a cup and saucer. 2. Let's have brunch on the
terrace, arrangement using pottery, metal, or wooden container. 3. Welcome luncheon for new
neighbor, arrangement for a.
luncheon table. 4. Buffet supper
for friends, arrangement using
candles.
Section II, "A Friendly Gift,"
Class 5. An arrangement providing a chuckle for a sick
friend Class 6. Corsage for first
date. Class 7- Arrangement for
"The Blessed Event" Class 8.
Arrangement for Grandmother.
Section III, "Friendship Gardens": Class 9. Button gardens
Class 10. Miniature garden
(coaster size) Class II- Dish
garden.
Se c t i o n IV, "Field and
Stream": Class 12. Arrangement
on a stone using fresh or
dried material • Class 13 Dried
material as I like it Class 14.
Arrangement using driftwood.
Section V, "Summer Vacation": Class 15. At the Sea
Shore, arrangement using ma -
terial from the sea shore Class
16. Arrangement for the sportsman Class 17. Let's go to the
mountains (all green arrangement) Class 18. Down o n the
farm, material or containers
pertaining to farm life.
Section VI, "Entertaining Our
Young Friends" Class 19. ' Arrangement in a toy Class 20.
Arrangement for a scout picnic
Class 21. Arrangement for "After the Game" party.
Section VII, "Miniatures":
Sic. Ted Hum-mel
Awarded The
Bronze Star Medal
Sfc. Theodore W. Hummel,
husband of Shirley Hummel of
Uniontown and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Hummel of North
Canton, recently was awarded
the Bronze Star Medal and commendation for heroic achievement in Korea.
Sfc. Hummel rescued two
crewmen who were stranded in
a disabled tank overrun by the
enemy while serving as a tank
•commander in Co. C, 140 Tank
Bn., 40th Inf. Div.
The citation stated: "The heroic actions of Hummel served
as an inspiration to all and -won
for him the respect and admiration of his superiors and subordinates alike."
A graduate of North Canton
High School, Sfc. Hummel
attended Ohio University and
Mount Union College. He entered
the army in September of 1941,
and completed his basic training at Ft. Bliss, Texas. He arrived in Korea last November.
Optimists Open
Fall Season With
Sept. 2
The North Canton Optimist
Club will open their Fall season
with a dinner meeting to toe held
j at The Pines on Wednesday,
September 2 at 6:30.
Ray Schaffer, program chair-
| man, has arranged for Donald L.
; McCarroll, Judge, Canton Muni-
j cipal Court, to be the speaker.
' Judge McCarroll will speak on
i court, history and tell about
some of the many interesting
, cases that have been brought into his court.
I President Clyde Boerngen will
preside with the aid of a "Mystery Committee" who have
promised a few extra chuckles
for each meeting.
Lawn Watering
Curtailment
Still In Effect
North Canton village officials have stated that
the lawn - sprinkling curtailment is still in effect.
The ban against prolonged use of water went into
effect the middle of July
due to a water shortage.
At that time, the following hours for sprinkling
were asked to be observed:
The east side of Main
St. 'and all streets east of
'Main: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The west side of Main
St. and all streets west of
Main: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Mrs. Milo Bixler
Attends Methodist
Youth Institute
Mrs. Milo Bixler of North Canton and Rev. and Mrs. Donald
Walton of Greentown are among
leaders and faculty members
conducting Methodist Youth Fellowship 1953 summer se n i o r
high institute at Lakeside this
week. Some 250 young people
anfi adults are attending the institute, which opened Sunday,
August 16, and which will continue through Saturday, August
22. The theme of .the institute is
"The Life of the Church Around
the World."
Rev. Richard Drake of Alliance will be the daily assembly speaker.
Other leaders include Rev.
Tom Cromwell of Delaware,
dean of the institute; Rev.
Forest Carter of Alliance, dean
of men; Mrs. Wade Taylor of
Canton, dean of women; J. H.
Eschliman of Canton, registrar
and treasurer, and Rev. W,
Dwight Heaston of Canton, superintendent of the Canton district of the Methodist Cliurch.

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Much Is An Education?
Our ancestors had a great respect for learning. They
thought everyone should be able to read, write and figure.
'Spat's why they decided everyone should have a 'free education'. But( they made one mistake. Nobody stopped long
:e*hough to decide how much book learning is an education.
•'•'• They can measure most everything else. They measure
lumber'in'board' feet, hjay by the ton, time by the minutes,
Wife pounds and. milk comes in bottles.
.'" ' , But nobody knows-the answier to . . . 'How Much Is An
l-ducation'?
',',;'• < After our ancestors decided on a -free education', they
builtithe little red schoolhoiises of song and story. The kids
•walked to schebl. This 'made them healthy so they didn't
need any physical training. It also eliminated the need for
buses which weren't invented yet, anyway. The kids
'learned.to add and subtract, how to spell 'cat' and enough to
read the Bible.
"... But someone thought maybe that isn't enough education ... so they built the school houses bigger and they made
the kids go to school longer. They learned Latin and Greek
and added 'The Ancient Mariner' to the curriculum. But
still a few thought maybe that wasn't enough.
So they guilt great BIG SCHOOL-HOUSES ... and
then they really taught them. They taught 'em so much
they knew more than the teachers. So then they had to
build schools to.teach the teachers more to teach. And,
naturally, -the teacher's schools were Jfree, too, because
people had just got out of the habit of expecting to pay for
such things.
: But some people still weren't sure if we were handing
out enough- education- to. make it la real genuine 'free education'. There were a few kids that hadn't learned anything, (and didn't have a job) so it seemed natural to keep
them gding to school. That got us into the college business
(complete with football and similar educational functions)
ahd'fromthere we went on to graduate schools and nobody
knows* where we'll go next.
Mind^you, fm not blaming our ancestors. They didn'.
knpw what they were getting into. They must have wanted
their kids, to know enough to figure interest on the mortgage, read the newspaper and write Uncle John to come up
for ThaTrksgivlng1. But they sure started'on a trip without
knowing where the end was. If they had known they were
getting into a contract to send every baby through Oxford,
maybe they would rather he stayed ignorant.
If we're as smart as all our education ought to make
us, m4ybe we'd better pas's another law. about 'free education' before it's too late. We ought to pass a law that
says . . . when a man gets to be 35, he either goes to work
or has,;to start buying his own books.
Something Wrong?
History, should .be one of the most absorbing of all
studies, but strangely enough, far too many students in our
high schools and colleges find it duller than dull. There
have been theories aplenty advanced for this unfortunate
situation . . . emphasis upon names, places and datJes; failure to humanize the rich materials available; sheer mental
fatiguevinduced by.the volume of d_yta..
If it is any comfort for Americans, word now comes
out of England that the lads and lassies across the pond
aren't much better at their history studies than our boys
and girls. Tests administered to young people of upper
school through college age levels showed that twenty-five
per cent of the group did not know that Chaimberlain was
the famous umbreHa Prime Minister of England at the time
of the Munich conference which led to;World W[ar-II.-Some
of them thought that the right answer was Churchill, who
was not in the Government at that time. Others named
dead statesmen. .Even 'more disturbing, some of the English
young people did'ttbt know that Good Friday is the anniversary of Christ's death or that Christmas is His birthday.
Small comfort though this may be to American teachers trying to pound the facts of our history into resisting
heads, ijt. should se-rve as a spur to educators on both sides
of the Atlantic to think up ways and means of dramatizing
history. Maybe TV will do it. Books and detention periods
can't. ■''"':.
IS statl US'
Col,
VOL. 28 NO 46
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1953
7 Cents Per Copy
Greentown Garden Club Announces
Rules and Plans for Flower Show
Not So Simple
Why do people patronize one store . . . and pass right
by the'doors of another store?
The head of ai_ association which represents a large
chain of stores gave a general answer to that question in
these words: "People like to do business with people they
like." ■'.' i , i ; :-%-|jjm! _,
It is almost as simple as that . . . but the prjocesses by.
which you get people to like you may not be so simple.
Public opinion is-the -combination of m[ariy likes and dislikes, raaiiy attitudes, many act§. Public opinion determines
where people spend "their money day after day; public opinion influences what stores will be profitable, and what stores
will fail. -*.'-• - . " V -
Different pebple, obviously, want. and. seek different
kinds of goods, different kinds of services; different attractions of many sorts. / '
Back of all the promotional and public relations activities of the,merchant, from advertising to imp^Ved' employee
training, is,the desire to attract as mahyupeople--into his*1
store as possible . . .in .other words, to make people like him
"The Beauties of Ohio" will be the theme of the sixbh
annual flower show of the Greentown Garden Club, which
will be held in the school auditorium Saturday, August 29>
from 2 to 9 p.m. There will be no charge for admission. Mrs.
H. G. Bretz is president of the club.
Mrs. Howard Miller, chairman
of the flower show committee,
and her co - chairmen, Mrs.
Lyman Brett, Mrs. 'Robert Eav-
er, Mrs. A. L. Button and Mrs.
Ray Shroyer, have released the
following rules and schedules
which will govern entries.
'All members of the club are
expected to exhibit and entries
Blood Donors
Needed For
August 26, 27, 28
must